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Cape Kenwarral (America): A spacecraft of the Soviet era fell on Earth on Saturday after more than half a century of its unsuccessful launch on the planet Venus. The European Union’s Space Monitoring Agency has confirmed its uncontrolled fall. The agency’s space debris office also indicated that the spacecraft re -entered the Earth’s atmosphere after not appearing at the German radar station. It was not immediately found out from where the spacecraft entered the atmosphere. Scientists said that the possibility of the spacecraft being affected by the debris of the spacecraft is very low.
Launched in 1972
Launched by the Soviet Union in the year 1972, the spacecraft called ‘Cosmos 482’ was part of the series of missions sent to the planet Venus. But it could never get out of the Earth’s orbit and got stuck there due to the malfunction of the rocket. Within a decade of unsuccessful launch, most spacecrafts fell on Earth but ‘Cosmos 482’ took it 53 years.
Weight was over 495 kg
According to experts, the ‘lander’ was made of titanium and weighs more than 495 kg. After coming down to the spacecraft, scientists, military experts and others could not tell in advance when and where the spacecraft would come down. Solar activity increased uncertainty, as well as the spacecraft situation also deteriorated due to so long stay in space. Until Saturday morning, the US Space Commission did not confirm the return of the spacecraft, as it was collecting and analyzing data from the classroom. (With language inputs)